02213nam 2200481 a 450 991046227040332120200520144314.01-283-74236-50-19-972059-2(CKB)2670000000276712(EBL)1073498(OCoLC)818851792(MiAaPQ)EBC1073498(Au-PeEL)EBL1073498(CaPaEBR)ebr10623435(CaONFJC)MIL405486(OCoLC)817224512(EXLCZ)99267000000027671220111014d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Lebanon[electronic resource] a history, 600-2011 /William HarrisNew York Oxford University Pressc20121 online resource (387 p.)Studies in Middle Eastern historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-021783-9 0-19-518111-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-333) and index.Foundations -- Emerging communities, 600-1291 -- Druze ascent, 1291-1633 -- Mountain lords, 1633-1842 -- Modern Lebanon -- Emerging Lebanon, 1842-1943 -- Independent Lebanon, 1943-1975 -- Broken Lebanon, 1975-2011.In this impressive synthesis, William Harris narrates the history of the sectarian communities of Mount Lebanon and its vicinity. He offers a fresh perspective on the antecedents of modern multi-communal Lebanon, tracing the consolidation of Lebanon's Christian, Muslim, and Islamic derived sects from their origins between the sixth and eleventh centuries. The identities of Maronite Christians, Twelver Shia Muslims, and Druze, the mountain communities, developed alongside assertions of local chiefs under external powers from the Umayyads to the Ottomans. The chiefs began interacting in a commonStudies in Middle Eastern HistoryLebanonHistoryElectronic books.956.92Harris William W966292MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462270403321Lebanon2193010UNINA